Sam Orlofsky and his L.A. RAYS came to visit, and we went to L&M Arts in Venice, CA to see the incredible show of Willem de Kooning works on paper and late paintings (up through January 15th). We also saw Paul McCarthy’s sculptural diptych “Apple Tree Boy Apple Tree Girl” (pictured below) and even stopped to admire the beautiful succulents in the gallery’s garden.

Here is our dear friend Sam Orlofsky looking very gentlemanly at Bemelman’s Bar at the Carlyle Hotel in NYC. We had just seen the fantastic Richard Prince “Tiffany Paintings” show, which is up through June 19th at Gagosian Gallery (where Sam is a director). It was all very uptown.